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How is Sclerotherapy Done to Treat Veins on Breasts?

asked 8 months ago by anon
Latest answer by Margaret Weiss, MD
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Tags: breasts, improvement, reduce, removal, treatment, type, veins

Is it true that hypertolic saline can treat spider veins on the breasts?

3 answers to How is Sclerotherapy Done to Treat Veins on Breasts?

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Enlarged breast veins can be safely treated by an experienced physician

We have more than twenty years of experience in the safe and effective treatment of enlarged, typically blue, veins on the breasts. These veins are more common in women who have had breast implants. We usually treat these veins with sclerotherapy, the injection of either polidocanol (Asclera) or sodium sotradecol sulfate (Sotradecol). Very careful technique by an experienced physician is important for success. Sometimes, a 1064 nm Nd-YAG laser is used, but sclerotherapy is... more
Margaret Weiss, MD

Baltimore Dermatologist
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Sclerotherapy of breast veins is successful.

I prefer Polidocanol to treat veins on the breast. This is done with a small needle to inject the sclerosant solution into the breast veins. Treatments take only a few minutes and one or two treatments is usually enough for most patients. The treatment has minimal discomfort with a low risk and a high success rate.
Mark Taylor, MD

Salt Lake City Dermatologic Surgeon
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Veins on the breast

Blue veins prominent on the breast should NOT be taken pout or treated with sclerotherapy, or laser.
Samir Shureih, MD

Baltimore Plastic Surgeon

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